Life Science

1. Cells - Label drawings of plant and animal cells
2. Cell Structures - Compare and contrast the basic structures and functions of plant and animal cells
3. Relationships - Evaluate producer/consumer, predator/prey, and parasite/host relationships
4. Ecosystem - Classify interspecific relationships within an ecosystem as mutualism, commensalism, or parasitism
5. Create a Model - Create a simple model illustrating the interspecific relationships within an ecosystem
6. Relationships in Ecosystem - Analyze basic information from a body of text to identify key issues or assumptions about the relationships among organisms in an ecosystem
7. Effect on Environment - Create a poster to illustrate how human activities and natural disasters affect the environment
8. Photosynthesis - Identify the cell structures that enable plants to conduct photosynthesis
9. Food Webs - Design a graphic organizer that illustrates the difference between plants and animals in the movement of food energy through an ecosystem
10. Genetics - Explain how genetic information is transmitted from parents to offspring
11. Traits - Create a chart that compares hereditary and environmental traits
12. Birthmarks - Distinguish between a scar and a birthmark in terms of their origins
13. Classification - Classify animals according to their physical characteristics
14. Adaptation - Design a model to illustrate how an animal's physical characteristics enable it to survive in a particular environment
15. Fossil - Identify the processes associated with fossil formation
16. Geologic History - Use fossil evidence to describe an environment from the past
17. Fossil History - Use fossils to match a previously existing organism with one that exists today

Animal and Plant Cells Animal Cells Animal Cell Anatomy (Enchanted Learning)

Cell Function Cell Inspector (Harcourt School) Cell Parts (My School House) Cell Structure Cells Alive! Comparing Plant and Animal Cells (Teach-nology) Comparison of Plant and Animal Cells

Kimball's Biology Pages The Mixed-Up Cells (Beacon Learning Center) Plant and Animal Cell Models Plant and Animal Cell Simulation Plant and Animal Cell Worksheets (Teach-nology) The Plant Cell

Coral Connections (Sea Studios) Designer Animal/Animal Adaptations (Lesson Plans Page) Endangered Ecosystems (Scholastic) Endangered Species: Human Causes of Extinction and Endangerment, Why Are Endangered Species Important? Exploring Ecosystems (Harcourt School) Exploring the Ecosystems (WebQuest)

Global Warming (Wikipedia) How Do We Know That the Atmospheric Build-Up of Greenhouse Gases is due to Human Activities? Human Activities and Their Potential Impact on the Environment Human Activity and the Environment Interdependence and Adaptation (BBC) Interactions Intertidal Rocky Reef

Marine Biology (OLogy) Mutualistic Relationship Neighborhoods Parasitic Relationships Phil Ganter's Webpage Predation, Parasitism, Commensalism, and Mutualism in the Garden and the Community Predation (Wikipedia) Predator Prey Predator-Prey Interactions Predator-Prey Relationships

Symbiosis Symbiosis, Commensalism, Mutualism, and Parasitism (Sea Slug Forum) Volcanoes of the Deep (PBS) What Climate Changes Are Projected? What Human Activities Contribute to Climate Change? What's It Like Where You Live

Autumn Leaf Color (Science Made Simple) Biology 4 Kids Biology of Plants Corn & Photosynthesis Essay Map (Read Write Think) Exploring Photosynthesis in a Leaf (Flying Turtle Exploring) Food Chains: Create a Food Web Food Web (Scholastic) Food Webs Forest Food Webs (Discovery Education) Fun With Food Webs (Harcourt School)

Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizers (Write Design Online) Graphic Organizers (eThemes) Graphic Organizers (Graphic) Graphic Organizers (Edu Place) Graphic Organizers (Enchanted Learning) Graphic Organizers Maker (Teach-nology) Habitats (BBC) Illuminating Photosynthesis (PBS) Interactive Graphic Organizers Interactive Graphic Organizers Interactive Graphic Organizers Interactive Venn Diagram (Read Write Think) Interdependence and Adaptation (BBC) Interesting Facts About Food Chains

Photosynthesis (Newton's Apple) Photosynthesis Photosynthesis Photosynthesis Photosynthesis (Wikipedia) Photosynthesis (Think Quest) Photosynthesis Photosynthesis (Scholastic) Photosynthesis (Photo Science) Photosynthesis (The Biology Place) Photosynthesis (Biology 4 Kids) Photosynthesis and Energy in Nature (Flying Turtle Exploring) Photosynthesis Center (Photo Science) Photosynthesis: Don't 'Leaf' Out Fall's Most Valuable Lesson (Education World) Photosynthesis Keeps Life Going Photosynthesis: Self Quiz (The Biology Place) Photosynthesis Quiz Photosynthesis Quiz Photosystem 1 Plants (Glencoe) Review Questions

Text 2 Mind Map Transpiration Using Excel for Concept-Mapping (Internet 4 Classrooms) What is Photosynthesis? Working on the Food Chain (Ms. Nucleus)

600 Million Years (Museum Victoria) Adaptations and Survival (Skoool) Age of Fossils Amber: Window to the Past An Inventory of My Traits Animal Adaptation E-Safari (FEN) Animal Adaptations (Ecokids) Birthmarks Birthmarks (Kids Health) Birthmarks/Causes (Skin Patient Alliance) Camouflage Field Book (Harcourt School) Classification Classify Insects: Classify This! (Scholastic) Classify Insects: Name-a-Bug (Scholastic) The Clock of Eras (Fossils-Facts-And-Finds) Crystals, Minerals and Fossils Determining Age of Rocks and Fossils Dinosaur Floor Dominant and Recessive Traits Dominant vs Recessive Traits (Think Quest) Endangered Species Field Trip Examples of Dominant and Recessive Alleles (Microbiology Procedure) Exploring Evolution

Fantastic Fossil Finds Finding Fossils? Fossil Horse Cybermuseum Fossil Lesson Plans (Fossils-Facts-And-Finds) Fossils: Clues to the Past Fossils Geological Time and Evolution (Fossil Museum) Fossils of Iowa Fossils Rock! (Fossils-Facts-And-Finds) Fossils, Rocks, and Time (USGS) Scrap Equipment, Appliances The Geology of the Grand Canyon Getting Into the Fossil Record Graphic Organizers (Graphic) Graphic Organizers (Edu Place) Graphic Organizers (Enchanted Learning) The Great Habitat Match (Scholastic) Gregor Mendel How Fossils Form (Enchanted Learning)

Interactive Graphic Organizers Interactive Graphic Organizers Interdependence and Adaptation (BBC) Investigate and Report on Animal Adaptations (Scholastic) Life Has A History Living Things: Families Micro-Organisms (BBC) Observe How Fossils Can Form (Class Zone) Paleontology: The Big Dig (OLogy) The Paleontology Portal (Paleoportal) Prehistoric Life (BBC) The Principle of Superposition (Class Zone) Relative Age Relative Dating (Paleobiology) Relative Time Scale (USGS)

Spot the Hare (Nature) The Story in the Rock (Class Zone) Structural and Behavioral Adaptations Survival of the Fittest? (National Geographic) Things That Have Backbones (Science Netlinks) Trilobite Cookies (George Hart) Using Excel for Concept Mapping (Internet 4 Classrooms) Vertebrates/Invertebrates (Glencoe) What are Birthmarks? What is a Birthmark? (Discovery Fit & Health) What is a Fossil Anyway? (Fossil-Facts-And-Finds) Who's On First? A Relative Dating Activity

Earth Science

1. Planets - Develop a chart that communicates the major characteristics of each planet
2. Star Patterns - Use images of the night sky to identify different seasonal star patterns
3. Star Charts - Research a star pattern using a chart
4. Geologic Events - Create a model to illustrate geologic events responsible for changes in the earth's crust
5. Tectonic Events - Prepare a chart to compare how volcanoes, earthquakes, faulting, and plate movements affect the earth's surface features
6. Oceans Affect Climate - Compare the climates of coastal and inland areas at similar latitudes to demonstrate the ocean's impact on weather and climate
7. Mountains Affect Climate - Use land maps to demonstrate how mountain ranges affect weather and climate
8. Weather Maps - Use weather maps of the United States to graph temperature and precipitation for inland and coastal regions
9. Weather and Climate - Use local environmental information to analyze how weather and climate are affected by landforms and bodies of water

3D Solar System Simulator (ForgeFX) The Animated Virtual Planetarium Astronomy and Space Exploration (Fact Monster) Astronomy for Kids Astronomy: Our Place in Space (OLogy) Crystals on a String Earth and Space Quiz Earth Sky: Tonight Earth, Sun and Moon (BBC) Examine Earth From A New Perspective (Class Zone) Exploring Planets in the Classroom

Field Guide to the Universe How to Use a Star Map Interactive Night Sky Map The Night Sky on Paper Nine Planets Order It Up: Solar System Edition (Windows 2 Universe) Our Solar System (Kids Astronomy) Planetary Orbits The Planets Planisphere Pluto's Demotion Not a Cause for Classroom Panic (CNN)

The Size Of Our World The Space Hopper Game (Fun Brain) Solar System (Learn English) Solar System (National Geographic) Solar System (National Geographic) The Solar System Space and Astronomy Space Chase (Scholastic) Space Station (PBS) Space Quiz (Scholastic) The Space Quiz Game (Prongo) Star Journey (National Geographic) Super Comet Crosses Earth's Path (Harcourt School)

Using a Naked-Eye Star Map (Sky and Telescope) Using a Star Chart Views of the Solar System (Solar Views) Welcome to the Planets (NASA) Your Sky

Dynamic Earth Earth Floor The Earth's History WebQuest Earth Quiz (Scholastic) Earthquakes Earthquakes for Kids (USGS)

From Pangea to Present Gems (Scholastic) Geo Mystery Geology: Plate Techonics How Diamonds Work (How Stuff Works) How Plates Move

Observe Animations of Processes That Occur Along Plate Boundaries (Class Zone) Observe the Break Up of Pangaea (Class Zone) Palomap Project Plate Tectonic Animations Plate Tectonic Reconstructions at UTIG The Rock Cycle and the Earth's Surface

Shake Zones Structure of the Earth Tramline Volcano Field Trip Underground Igneous Rock Formations (Teacher Vision) Volcano Explorer (Discovery) You Try It: Plate Tectonics (PBS)

The Adventures of WeatherLizard (Scholastic) Biomes: How to Read a Climograph (Earth Floor) Climate (Edu Web) Climate (Infoplease) Climate Information Retrieval (NRCS) Forecast: Moderate Coastal Climates, Variable Temperatures Inland

How Does Geographical Features Affect Climate In Juneau, Alaska (Wiki.Answers) Interactive Climate Map Interactive Weather Maker (Scholastic) Koppen's Climate Classification Landforms in the Continental United States (Teacher Vision)

Make the Earth's Weather (PBS) Understanding: Oceans (Discovery Education) U.S. Climate at a Glance (NCDC) U.S. Climate Page (ESRL)

Weather Weather and Climate Basics Weather Dog (Fun Brain) The Weather Game Weather Watch (Scholastic) Weather Wiz Kids Web Weather for Kids Wonders of Our World/Weather World Climate

Physical Science

1. Chemical Properties - Compare the simple chemical properties of common substances
2. Change of State - Investigate how different types of materials freeze, melt, evaporate, or dissipate
3. Evaporation and Condensation - Use data from a simple investigation to determine how temperature change affects the rate of evaporation and condensation
4. Potential and Kinetic - Design and conduct an investigation to demonstrate the difference between potential and kinetic energy
5. Explaining Energy - Create a graphic organizer that illustrates different types of potential and kinetic energy
6. Heat Transfer - Describe the differences among conduction, convection, and radiation
7. Forms of Energy - Create a poster to illustrate the major forms of energy
8. Energy Transfer - Demonstrate different ways that energy can be transferred from one object to another
9. F=MA - Predict how the amount of mass affects the distance traveled given the same amount of applied force
10. Mass, Force, and Distance - Prepare statements about the relationship among mass, applied force, and distance traveled
11. Experiment with Motion - Design and conduct experiments using a simple experimental design to demonstrate the relationship among mass, force, and distance traveled
12. Force at a Distance - Explain and give examples of how forces act at a distance
13. Air Resistance - Demonstrate how the shape of an object affects how it falls toward the earth
14. Gravity - Design and explain an investigation exploring the earth's pull on objects

All About Atoms Atoms Family Boil Water with Shockwave! Changing State (BBC) Chemical and Physical Changes Chem4Kids Chemical Elements Chemistry Condensation Evaporation (Wikipedia) Evaporation Evaporation and Condensation (Youtube) Evaporation and Condensation (USA Today)

The Elements The Elements Elements and Compounds Element Lab (Fun School) Freezing (Wikipedia) How Things Combine Interactive Practice on Physical vs Chemical Properties (Teacher Bridge) It's Elemential/Element Concentration Game It's Elemential/Element Flash Card Games It's Elemential/Element Hangman It's Elemential/Element Matching Game It's Elemential/Element Math Game Metals Keep-A-Cube (PBS Kids) Melting (Wikipedia) Melting and Boiling (Harcourt School) The Mixture Lab (Harcourt School)

Periodic Table Periodic Table Game (Fun Brain) The Periodic Table of the Elements in Picture Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes Physical and Chemical Properties Changes of Household Substances Physical Science Reversible and Irreversible Changes (BBC) Properties and Changes Solar Cooker (PBS Kids) States of Matter (Classroom Connection) States of Matter States of Matter States of Matter (Harcourt School)

The Water Cycle: Condensation (USGS) The Water Cycle: Evaporation (USGS) Web Elements What is the Difference Between Chemical and Physical Change? Where Do I Find Compound Properties on the Web?

Atmospheric Processes: Conduction Atmospheric Processes: Convection Atmospheric Processes: Radiation Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven Changing Circuits (BBC) Circuits and Conductors (BBC) Convection, Conduction, and Radiation Electric Circuits Energy Kids The Energy Story (Energy Quest) Geothermal Energy Goldburger to Go! (PBS Kids) Graphic Organizers (Graphic) Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizers (Write Design Online) Graphic Organizers (Enchanted Learning) Graphic Organizers (Edu Place) Graphic Organizers (eThemes) Graphic Organizers Maker (Teach-nology) Graphic Organizers Templates (Education World)

Heat Transfer Game (Harcourt School) How to Make Classroom Posters (eHow) How We See Things (BBC) Interactive Graphic Organizers Interactive Graphic Organizers Interactive Venn Diagram (Read Write Think) Light Light and Dark (BBC) Light and Shadows (BBC) Light Vocabulary Kinetic Energy (Physical Classroom) Kinetic Energy Calculator Make a Poster With Excel (Education World)

Physics of Skateboarding Tricks (Exploratorium) Potential and Kinetic Energy Experiment (Vision Learning) Potential Energy Potential Energy Potential Energy (Physical Classroom) Roller Coaster Animation (Physics Classroom)

Text 2 Mind Map Using Excel for Concept Mapping (Internet 4 Classrooms) Watt's That? (Energy Quest)

Experiment Two

Forces (BBC) Forces and Motion Forces and Movement(BBC) Friction (BBC) Identifying Forces

Newton's Second Law of Motion (Physics Classroom) Pushes and Pulls (BBC)

Song: Sir Isaac Newton (Kids Know It) The Zoom Pendulum (PBS Kids)

The Apple, the Moon, and the Inverse Square Law (Physics Classroom) Build Your Own Coaster (Discovery) Design a Roller Coaster Digger and the Gang/Stuck on Tracks (BBC) Elephant and Feather: Air Resistance (Physics Classroom) Falling For Science Falling Objects with Air Resistance (NASA) Free Fall and Air Resistance (Physics Classroom)

Gravitation Gravity Concepts and Applications (Hyper Physics) Gravity Definition Page (Windows 2 the Universe) Gravity is More Than a Name (Physics Classroom) The Gravity Story (Think Quest) How Does Gravity Work? (How Stuff Works)

Make Tracks The Motion of Falling Objects Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation (Physics Classroom) Roller Coaster Roller Coaster Simulation (Funderstanding) Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation

Teacher Resources (Adler Planetarium) Understanding Gravity (Instructor Web) Your Weight on Other Planets Your Weight on Other Worlds (Exploratorium) What Does Gravity Do? (OLogy) What Would Happen If the Force of Gravity Were Turned Off? (OLogy)

Embedded Inquiry

1. Investigations - Identify specific investigations that could be used to answer a particular question and identify reasons for this choice
2. Tools - Identify tools needed to investigate specific questions
3. Record Results - Maintain a science notebook that includes observations, data, diagrams, and explanations
4. Communicate Findings - Analyze and communicate findings from multiple investigations of similar phenomena to reach a conclusion

An Introduction to Microscopy Astro-Venture (NASA) British and Metric Conversions Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius Density Density of a Liquid Did You Know You Were a Scientist?

Glossary Glossary (Harcourt School) How Does My Garden Grow? (Read Write Think) How to Find the Mass of an Object

Mass Volume Density Measure It (Fun Brain) Platform Scale (Visual Fractions) Platform Scale/Addition (Visual Fractions) Platform Scale/Subtraction (Visual Fractions)

Solar Cooker (PBS Kids) Student Designed Investigations Part 1: Observations Student Designed Investigations Part 2: Testable Questions, Predictions, Materials and Procedures Student Designed Investigations Part 3: Collecting Data and Drawing Conclusions Teaching Measures TechInfo Using a Triple-Beam Balance (Teacher Vision) Vocabulary (Foss Web) Virtual Electron Microscope (Discovery Education)

5th Grade Science

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The Physics Classroom
Resources for Learning Science
EcoKids
Science Netlinks
Skoool
Science Fair Project Ideas (Try Science)
Science Toys
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
The Lawrence Hall of Science
Exploratorium
Foss
Dare to Compare (NCES)
Science Fair Central (Discovery Education)
Science Fair Sanity
Wonders of Our World
Edheads
Brain Teasers and Puzzles
Science Zone
Dichotomous Key Activity